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In my opinion the Vietnam War was a terrible experience for both of the fighting sides In this war both of the fighting sides lost huge amounts of troops warfare and civilian lives The ideas and beliefs of people around the world about the Vietnam War are very different because of the controversy over this issue The Vietnam War brought the United States shame and disgrace in the eyes of the outside world and the citizens of United States The Vietnam War is a stain on the United States history This stain still remains on the American flag after twenty-five years Perhaps the greatest impact of the Vietnam War was left on the American citizen Many of these citizens had shown their strong emotions against the war from the very beginning The National Guard shootings in the Kent State diseaster is an example of how most people felt about the Vietnam War There was a sense of distrust between the government and the people The actions and the orders made by the government were mostly against the publics opinion and this caused a great sense of hostility and distrust towards the American government by its people The Vietnam War was a product of the American culture As Colonel Zeb B Bradford said The great strength of US fighting forces historically has been precisely that they have exploited their peculiarly American qualities and attributes Highly mechanized and technical warfare reinforces our tendencies and talents and serves as a vehicle for evolutionary advance-counterinsurgency goes against the grain We are a rich industrial urban country Highly technical forces are compatible with our characteristics and resources Page 321 BackFire For more than a century the United States has been playing a peacemaker in the western countries and especially the so-called third World Nations This is what got us into the Spanish war World War I World War II the Korean War and the Vietnam War Americans

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